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Intelligence sources also showed that the temple had become a haven for smugglers who had helped the militants finance their arms buildup through the transport and sale of heroin, hashish, and stolen gold, silver and jewels. Furthermore, reports claimed, the smugglers took Sikh extremists into secret camps in Pakistan and in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, where they received military training. Mrs. Gandhi has not accused the Pakistani government of complicity in the Sikh extremist movement, which the Pakistanis have denied anyway...
Agitation by both moderate and extremist Sikh factions over the past two years had brought violence in Punjab to alarming levels. In the past months alone, more than 300 people had died in Sikh-inspired violence. At the same time, tensions from last month's rioting among Hindus and Muslims in Bombay had built to such a degree that politicians began questioning Mrs. Gandhi's control over the country. There was speculation that further instability could cause her governing Congress (I) Party to suffer a serious setback in the national elections scheduled to be held by next January...
Like students nationwide, Harvard activists have taken many of their lessons from, the experience of the civil rights movement, and one of the most notable legacies has been the mass demonstration. Once the talk of extremist political agitators and labor unions, "rally" and "strike" have becoem part of the standard vocabulary of most Harvard undergraduates...
...wounded, including the driver, who still managed to speed Adams to the hospital. At week's end the Sinn Fein leader appeared to be out of danger. Police arrested three of his alleged attackers barely 300 yards from the scene of the crime. The Ulster Freedom Fighters, an extremist Protestant paramilitary group, later claimed responsibility for the attack...
...HOPE RESTS, albeit precariously, with Duarte. True, rumors abound that a Duarte victory would prompt a coup by the extremist parts of the army, who view Duarte as a dyed-in-the-wool Communist. But most sections of the armed forces will move probably regard a Duarte government at the surest way to keep the dollars coming...